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• Email authentication and older clients don’t mix

  Posted on August 5, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  For many years, email was the standard way to communicate.

  I still remember a business study from long ago about how plain old email was used on a car manufacturer’s shop floor to keep track of the inventory. It was fast, it was immediate, and everyone used it.

  What happened to that “just works” platform?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.32.0, 2024-08-05).

  On Security DKIM, DMARC, Email Clients, Modern Authentication, Newsletters, OAuth, Outlook, Outlook (classic), Outlook (new), Patch Lady Posts, PST files, smtp2go, SPF

• A change to DKIM requirements looms

  Posted on January 31, 2024 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.05.2 • 2024-01-31

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Tomorrow, February 1, Google and Yahoo will implement a change to make email more secure and to eliminate more spam.

  The change affects bulk emailers, including AskWoody. Stricter policies will apply to those who send 5,000 or more emails to Gmail and Yahoo. To be clear, this change does not apply to recipients who use those two services. It applies to those who send bulk email.

  Read the full Plus Alert (21.05.2, 2024-01-31).

  AskWoody Plus Alert Alerts, DKIM, DMARC, Email, SPF